Sandy Hook News

Former Newtown resident Peter Mullen of Maryland shared with The Bee this 1965 photo taken by his father, Jerry Mullen, from the top of Castle Hill Road, looking diagonally down toward West Street.

Groundbreaking took place recently for the first phase of Summerview Square, a residential rental community with 63 units in the area of West Main, Summer and Jefferson streets in Norwalk.

Audiences will be able to get a taste of the golden age of radio drama next weekend when three live performances of the classic radio show "Lights Out" are presented at the Wien Experimental Theatre on the Fairfield University campus.

WIN members show off some of the items they have already received for this yeara TMs Thanksgiving Basket Program.

The summer of 1967 was ten weeks of fun activities culminating in the Labor Day Parade.

A 59-year-old Sandy Hook man was arrested Wednesday after allegedly threatening to shoot an employee of Hilario's garage.

Ned Steinmetz, left, and Owen Talboys, kneeling, of Browna TMs Monument Works in Monroe worked early Monday morning to reposition some of the dozens of gravestones that were toppled from their pedestals by vandals at St Rose Cemetery in Sandy Hook either late Saturday, October 31, which was Halloween, or early Sunday, November 1, which was All ...

A number of students from the Newtown High School Marching Band and Color Guard were asked to stay home from school on Monday by the school officials.

Some people may consider a bubble bath, a hike in the woods or a day at the beach as a sort of therapy, but for Lynn Carroll's clients, it's a renovated barn from 1794 in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown.

Vandals trashed more than 30 gravesites at the St. Rose of Lima Cemetery in Sandy Hook on Halloween, toppling monuments, uprooting decorations and pulling American flags off veterans' graves.

A younger generation attended and enjoyed the wine tasting event sponsored by Newtown Scholarship Association.

When I think about a vision for Newtown, I have to ask myself, what kind of town do I want to live in? I would like Newtown to be a place where people could start a family, raise that family and remain here after their children have grown.

Three Weeks Of Caring 10/22/2009 By Shannon Hicks Governor Rell recently announced a statewide Day of Caring & Compassion for Saturday, November 7. Residents across the state are invited to visit any of 15 fire stations in Connecticut that will be serving as collection centers that morning for donations of nonperishable foods to help replenish the ...

The spire of the original St Rose of Lima Catholic Church peak over the tree tops in this postcard donated to The Bee by reader Chris Spiro.

Chris Spiro shares this photo with The Bee. This house, known as the Fredrika House, and a former summer residence of stockbroker Edmund Gibson, stood on the site of the present Newtown United Methodist Church.

Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Lilla Dean ponders a point made at an October 1 P&Z session at which P&Z members discussed creating a set of environmental protection regulations covering applications for subdivisions and resubdivisions.

Inland Wetlands Commission members are reviewing voluminous technical information and considering numerous public comments that have been made about the controversial 38-lot Sherman Woods residential subdivision proposed for a 158-acre agrarian site in Sandy Hook, as they prepare to take action on the environmental protection aspects of the ...

Police have arrested a second teenager in connection with what initially had appeared to be a nighttime robbery last April at a laundromat in Sandy Hook Center.

Brian Haag, 37, of 43 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook, was arrested Monday on charges of driving while under the influence, driving on the left side of the highway on a curve or upgrade, and making a restricted turn without signaling.

Thanks to her husband's career, Kathryn Hanson of Newtown is experienced at starting book clubs.